Category: Hot takes

COVID-19 broke the media.

The media you consume is tailor made for you and thousands like you. It’s a system designed to make money off of your outrage and COVID-19 is showing us how broken it is.

The problem with Huawei.

Huawei is going to try and separate you from a lot of money for the pleasure of owning a shiny new P40, but what do you get in return?

Hey teachers, leave those kids alone.

We’re sending our kids back into a sterile world covered in face masks and good intentions and only time will tell us if it was a great idea. We’ll be fine.

Let’s talk about Sweden.

South Africa and Sweden are not the same and neither should the two approaches to COVID-19 response be.

South Africa is a great country.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced economic relief plans that will take us into peak tourist trade season and the economic life after lockdown currently looks pretty rosy, thorns and all.